Department of Transportation, United States Coast Guard (USCG), Commanding Officer, USCG Civil Engineering Unit Cleveland, 1240 East 9th Street, Cleveland, OH, 44199-2060

Z -- 47' MLB MOORING IMPROVEMENTS SOL DTCG83-99-Q-3WF002 POC Carolyn Melton, Contract Specialist, Phone 216-902-6275, Fax 216-902-6277, Email cmelton@ceucleveland.uscg.mil -- Brian Jarrell, Contract Specialist, Phone 216-902-6220, Fax 216-902-6277, Email WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=P&;ProjID=DTCG83-99-Q-3 WF002&LocID=256. E-MAIL: Carolyn Melton, cmelton@ceucleveland.uscg.mil. Provide all labor, materials, equipment, transportation and supervision required to: 1.1. excavate 4000CY of existing earth fill from proposed disposal field and haul to a dry disposal field within 4 12 miles away to create area for new dredge spoils. 1.1.2 Dredge, by bucket from barge, approximately 2500CY of material within the boat basin at Coast Guard Station Chincoteague, Virginia. Dispose material in an approved upland disposal site, approximately 2 l/2 miles away. 1.13 Remove 2x6 timber fenders along travel lift piers and replace with new 4x6 timber fenders (224 LF Total as shown on drawings. 1.1.4 Splice/weld 18" extensions on (8) 10" diameter steel pipe piles as shown on drawings 1.15 Replace (18) existing cleats and (2) missing cleats with (20) new, 18" steel cleats on (2) concrete floating piers. 1.16 Upgrade (2) 60 A shore tie receptacles with (2) 100 A shore tie receptacles and provide and install new shore tie plugs at location shown on drawings. Take before and after soundings to determine quantity of material dredged. 1.2.1 Provide price for "overdredged" material from project area. Total payable quantity of overdredged material allowed is 1500CY. Location of the project is Chincoteague, Virginia. The SIC Code assigned for this project is 1629, the size standard is $13.5 million. To be considered small for purposes of Government procurement, a firm must perform at least 40 percent of the volume dredged with its own equipment or equipment owned by another small dredging concern. The estimated range of the project is between $25,000 and $100,000. When available, this solicitation can be downloaded from the USCG CEU Cleveland web-site at: http://www.uscg.mil/mlclant/ceucleveland. This office has a procurement information line that may be called for information on current bid opening, due dates for quotes, or amendments. The number is (216) 902-6222. This project is unrestricted and is not a set-aside. Attn: Minority, Women-owned and Disadvantaged Enterprises (DBEs)!The Department of Transportation (DOT), offers working capital financing and bonding assistance for transportation related contracts. DOT's Bonding Assistance Program (BAP) offers bid, performance and payment bonds on contracts up to $1,000,000. DOT's Short-Term Lending Program (STLP) offers working capital financing in the form of lines of credit to finance accounts receivable. The maximum line of credit is $500,000 with interest at the prime rate. For further information, call (800) 532-1169. The internet address is: http://osdbuweb.dot.gov. Posted 10/12/99 (D-SN390889). (0285)

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